Matter of Berman v. Morris

Full title: In the Matter of SAMUEL BERMAN, Appellant, v. NEWBOLD MORRIS, as…

Court: Court of Appeals of the State of New York

Date published: Jun 10, 1964

14 N.Y.2d 849 (N.Y. 1964)

251 N.Y.S.2d 692

200 N.E.2d 582

Opinion

Argued June 2, 1964

Decided June 10, 1964

Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the First Judicial Department.

Benjamin M. Zelman for appellant.

Leo A. Larkin, Corporation Counsel ( Bernard Burstein and Seymour B. Quel of counsel), for respondent.

Order affirmed, without costs.

Concur: Chief Judge DESMOND and Judges DYE, VAN VOORHIS, BURKE and SCILEPPI. Judges FULD and BERGAN dissent and vote to reverse the order appealed from and to remit the matter to respondent for imposition of discipline not inconsistent with the following memorandum: In the light of appellant's long service and of the particular circumstances presented by the record before us, it is our opinion that respondent's dismissal of appellant from his position was excessive punishment, and that a suspension would have sufficed. (Civ. Prac. Act, § 1296, subd. 5-a, now CPLR 7803, subd. 3; see Matter of Payton v. New York City Tr. Auth., 8 N.Y.2d 737).